Study Says 80 Percent of Baby Products Are Toxic. What Can We Do?

By: Don Caldwell


What can we do to protect our families?


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A recent study details how most of the products we buy for our babies are also killing them…

Your baby’s car seat, changing pad and portable crib are part of the 80 percent of baby products that contain toxic or untested chemical flame retardants, according to a new study published in Environmental Science & Technology Wednesday.


The data revealed that one-third of baby products, including nursing pillows contain the chemical called chlorinated tris, which was removed from children’s pajamas in the 1970s after raising concerns about cancer.


Another flame retardant, known as TCEP, was detected in 10 of the tested nursing pillows. TCEP is listed as a carcinogen in California.


Currently, companies are not required to label whether products contain flame retardants.


There are flame retardants in 90 percent of American bodies, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.


“But toddler’s bodies have levels of flame retardants three times higher than adults, which the study says can be explained partly because children are on the floor a great deal, around household dust where chemicals accumulate, and they often have their fingers in their mouth,” Sonya Lunder, a scientist with the Environmental Working Group told USA Today.

We buy baby products (which are probably over-priced to begin with) thinking that we are getting the best for our babies, but what can we do when almost everything we buy will fill them with cancer causing chemicals that could eventually kill them?


Many would get frustrated and dismiss this as “one more thing that can kill you”, but what we should perhaps be asking ourselves is: was everything a hundred years ago also as cancerous?


The products we buy today are manufactured from artificial, chemically-laden materials. From plastics to flame retardant chemicals, we are exposing our bodies to elements that were not an issue not too long ago. Given that the various governing safety bodies have done little to protect us through testing and regulation, we must take measure to protect our own families.


What can be done?


The answers are not clear. Should we thoroughly wash the products? Can we find products without chemicals? Can you make some of these things yourself? Are there alternatives (maybe old-fashioned) to these products?


Is it safer to let kids play outside as compared to indoors (given the increasingly toxic environment of a typical home)?


How could manufacturers get away with this?

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